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CVE-2022-36227

9.8 critical SSVC exploitation: none Modified
NVD · CVE.org

In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the discoverer cites this CWE-476 remark but third parties dispute the code-execution impact: "In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution."

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 9.8 · libarchive, debian, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 5

  • cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 13